Phylogenetic analysis of selected toxic and non-toxic bacterial strains isolated from the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense

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Recent evidence has implicated bacterial involvement in the production of paralytic shellfish poison toxins, which are normally associated with bloom-forming algal species, specifically toxic dinoflagellate algae. Preliminary reports of the identification of toxin-producing bacteria isolated from the toxic marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense suggested that they belonged to the gamma sub-division of the Proteobacteria, specifically related to the bacterium Moraxella. Digoxigenin-labelled alpha, beta and gamma ribosomal rRNA probes, hybridized to both toxigenic and non-toxigenic bacteria isolated from several strains of Alexandrium tamarense, indicated that the bacteria belonged to the alpha sub-division of the Proteobacteria. Phylogenetic analysis of small subunit ribosomal RNA coding regions confirmed this and provided strong evidence that these bacteria are likely to represent a new genus in that group.

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